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He was a man who looked to be in his thirties, with a slightly high hairline.

He asked, "Professor Chen, how can we determine if our girlfriends are treating us like dependents?"

"This problem is actually related to the previous one."

Professor Chen laughed and said, "If you had very poor luck with the opposite sex during your school years, but after you start working, your income is far above average, and from that point on, your luck with the opposite sex suddenly improves and you have a constant stream of suitors... without a doubt, you are likely to be a major provider."

"If no one pursues you during your school years and no one pursues you after you start working, then you are most likely to be a small-time sponsor."

"Of course, you can also choose not to date, not to get married, not to be a provider, and just to be yourself."

Your theory is not universally applicable!

At this point, a second male voice stepped forward and said, "I am aware that my looks are average, and my financial situation is also average, but I still found a very beautiful girlfriend."

"Really?" Professor Chen chuckled. "Did you pursue her, or did she pursue you?"

"I chased her."

"Have you asked her what she likes about you?"

"Considerate, caring, and witty."

How long have you been together?

"Almost a year."

"During this year, have you tried every possible way to treat your girlfriend with thoughtfulness, care, and humor every day?"

"……Yes."

"So... are you still as loving and sweet as you were at the beginning?"

"..."

"Not answering quickly means you're hesitant."

Professor Chen smiled and said, "I'm sure you've read my book and know my definition of true love."

"Regardless of gender, when people truly fall in love with someone, they enter a 'love-brain' state, tolerating or automatically ignoring the other person's many flaws, such as not being tall enough, not having enough money, or not having a good character..."

"Let me ask you a few more questions. Has your girlfriend ever voluntarily spent money on you, given you gifts on holidays, or prepared a cake and birthday wishes for you?"

"..."

"Did she say that she doesn't like these superficial things and prefers a simpler way of getting along? But at the same time, you have to prepare all these things? You remember her birthday, but she can't remember yours?"

"..."

"At least……"

Professor Chen, with his high emotional intelligence, said, "Her feelings for you don't fit my definition of true love."

"..."

The boy sat down.

A fairly attractive young woman then stood up and said, "Professor Chen, I find the term 'patron' disgusting! Could you... could you change it?"

"My theory is not targeted at gender."

Professor Chen said gently, “I used men as examples of providers to illustrate women’s tendency to judge by appearance because I am a man myself, and for convenience, I presented my theory from my own perspective. The reverse is also true.”

"Whether the word 'patron' is disgusting or not depends mainly on your attitude."

"Excuse me for asking, do you have a boyfriend?"

"Have."

"If I may ask again, by mainstream aesthetic standards, how good-looking is your boyfriend?"

"...I think he's quite handsome. But if we're talking about his standards, Professor Chen, he's probably just average."

"Ordinary people..."

Professor Chen asked, "So... do you treat him as a gene donor? Do you really cherish his genes, desire his body, and feel that sleeping with him is a win? If he were poor and destitute, would you completely ignore these external conditions, stay with him based solely on your heartfelt liking, and actively spend money on him?"

"..."

The woman did not answer the question.

In front of Professor Chen, lies would be seen through immediately and would be meaningless.

Professor Chen, as if already knowing the woman's answer, continued, "Terms in the social sciences are summaries of social phenomena. As long as the phenomenon no longer exists, the corresponding term will naturally disappear."

"But if this phenomenon persists, even if you eliminate the term 'patron,' other terms will emerge: 'eating from east to west,' 'honest person,' 'sucker'... there's no difference."

"Professor Chen."

Another troll stood up: "I feel that your theory has obvious flaws! It doesn't match reality! When I was in school, I met a girl who liked one of my buddies. My buddy wasn't handsome, but she just liked him."

"I have never said that liking someone must be based on their appearance. Being attracted by genes is a common human trait. In addition, there are some individuals who like someone for other reasons."

Professor Chen replied, "For example, temperament, physique, elegant speech, humorous style, and so on."

"When you like someone, you fall into the state of 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder' and automatically ignore the other person's physical flaws."

"However, genetic attraction is something ingrained in our instincts. Many people may be initially attracted to other traits, but once they separate from their partner, they will almost always return to the embrace of genetic attraction."

"So... what happened to that girl? Does she still like average-looking guys now?"

"This... we graduated so long ago, how would I know?"

The troll's answer sounded a bit guilty.

Professor Chen smiled and said, "After the lecture, go and find out for yourself, and see if you are right or I am right."

"Professor Chen, I would like to ask you a question."

At this moment, a well-dressed young man stepped forward.

He bluntly stated, "My family is very wealthy..."

“You are the son of the chairman of Nanhua Group,” Professor Chen said with a smile. “I know.”

A murmur of discussion immediately arose from the crowd.

The well-dressed but not particularly good-looking young man ignored the comments and asked directly, "If I had to choose a spouse, would I choose to marry someone who loves me but isn't pretty, or someone I like who is very pretty but might not love me?"

"Your doubts clearly stem from a lack of self-definition regarding your role and a misunderstanding of your attitude towards the opposite sex."

Professor Chen smiled and said, "It's alright, I'll answer your questions one by one. First is your identity. Although you are very wealthy, I guess you're not a gene donor, right?"

“…That’s right.” The young man…or rather, the rich kid, nodded and said, “Those two criteria you mentioned…during my school years, very few girls would take the initiative to confess their feelings to me. But now…every day, quite a few beautiful women approach me and give me all sorts of hints, which is getting a bit annoying.”

"If you're not a gene provider, then you're a provider, a great provider. No matter how great or small a provider is, they can't get true love. The difference is that the former doesn't lack women, while the latter lacks both true love and women."

Professor Chen said, "Let's talk about your second question. You have a misunderstanding about the opposite sex. Why do you think that as long as someone of the opposite sex has an average appearance, they will be attracted to you, who also has an average appearance, and fall in love with you?"

"This is actually a kind of arrogant mentality. I have already pointed out in the book that men and women, regardless of their appearance, will be attracted by genes... that is, sexual attraction, which is instinct."

"If she doesn't like you at first sight, the feelings she develops for you later are a castrated version of feelings resulting from a series of considerations and compromises. Simply put, she doesn't care about your genes at all. She doesn't think that sleeping with you is a win, and she won't devote her whole heart to you."

"This applies to beautiful women, ordinary women, and even ugly women. Do you understand?"

"..." the rich second-generation asked, "According to you, I should find a beautiful woman as a partner?"

"I have two suggestions for you."

Professor Chen smiled and said, "My first suggestion is to marry a beautiful woman. This is fairer to you... or rather, to all men."

"As I just said, appearance is not a factor that affects one's mindset. Regardless of their appearance, women will only truly fall in love with handsome men. Since they can't escape the role of a provider no matter what, why not find someone who attracts them, is pleasing to the eye, and that they like to marry?"

"The same applies to women if the genders are reversed."

"The second suggestion..."

He paused for several seconds at this point.

Then, with a soft sigh, he said, "Just wait. Expand your social circle, meet more women, and then find the girl among them who only has eyes for you."

"Even if all her conditions are average, even if she is plain-looking or even ugly, you must remember one thing—love her and cherish her with your whole life!"

"Love has always been a luxury."

"..."

The rich kid fell silent.

After a five or six-second pause, he said, "Professor Chen, thank you for your explanation..."

"Professor Chen!"

Just then, an untimely voice rang out: "I think you're deliberately stirring up conflict between the sexes!"

Upon hearing this, Professor Chen looked ahead and met the gaze of an ugly young man whose looks were only 3 out of 10 – it was Fan Xiao.

Fan Xiao said indignantly, "Not everyone in this world cares about looks! At least most of the girls I know like people with good character. Good character leads to a longer relationship. Your theory is utterly illogical! It's complete nonsense!"

"..."

Professor Chen gave Fan Xiao a strange look, then said, "Young man, I was just stating the data framework I developed, which is applicable to both men and women."

"Whether male or female, people prefer those with high looks and those who provide good genes."

“If you believe that exposing the social phenomenon of ‘women generally valuing appearance’ will directly lead to gender antagonism, then I think there’s no need for us to discuss this.”

"besides……"

He asked, slightly puzzled, "Why did you lie?"

Chapter 595 Fan Xiao: You think you're so great! You're so arrogant!

Wow! This guy's got some nerve... Melissa got a little nervous, as if she hadn't expected Van Shaw to stand up and act like a contrarian at all.

Although none of the other trolls in the hall were in any trouble, they are players! Who knows if they will be treated differently?

She immediately gave Élisabeth and Malfoy a look, reminding them to prepare for battle.

Fan Xiao responded to Professor Chen's question by saying, "Lying? What did I say that was a lie?"

"Whether it's the conflict between the sexes or your claim that most girls you know like people with good character... you're lying."

Professor Chen shook his head: "Since you know I can see through lies, why would you deliberately lie?"

"Okay, then I'll tell the truth."

This guy really has a lie detector ability... Fan Xiao suddenly smiled: "Professor Chen, what do you think of my looks?"

"Well..."

Professor Chen stared at Fan Xiao's looks, which could only be rated 3 out of 10, and said with high emotional intelligence, "Personally, I think you should be a donor."

“Actually, I’m not the one who provides for me,” Fan Xiao grinned. “Quite a few very beautiful women have taken the initiative to show me affection. How do you explain that?”

"Is that so?" Professor Chen asked. "May I ask what your asset situation is?"

“I’m a complete wretch,” Fan Xiao said. “I’m one of the poorest people in this city. I don’t have a single penny on me.”

"..."

Professor Chen stared at Fan Xiao for a moment, a slightly surprised look in his eyes.

This nitpicker... didn't actually lie?

There are quite a few very beautiful women who have shown interest in him.

And he truly belongs to the poorest group in the City of True Love—that statement is also true.

After a moment's thought, Professor Chen gave his answer: "Young man, you may possess other attractive traits besides your appearance, which can generate a very strong attraction to the opposite sex, on par with genetic attraction. As I said at the beginning, genetic attraction is just a common trait. Apart from appearance, there are other factors that can give birth to true love, although few, but they do exist."

Another possibility is that the "beauty" the other person perceives is actually not beautiful, and may even be quite ugly.

However, there's no point in discussing this possibility.

In his theoretical framework, beautiful women and ugly women have the same mentality; they are only attracted to people with high looks and fall into a state of being love-struck.

Beauty and ugliness only affect one's competitiveness in romantic relationships; they do not affect one's fundamental mindset.

"Or maybe."

Professor Chen continued, "You're a superhuman, right? Or, in your superhuman terms, what's called... a player?"

"The players in this city are all below average in appearance. I have interacted with many of them and have speculated about their situation."

"Perhaps they are just average-looking in our perception, but in reality, it is very likely the other way around. Therefore, many of your words will conflict with my theory."